IT'S NEW YEAR'S NIGHT IN ARIZONA, THE FIRST NIGHT OF 2014, THE FIRST TIME UCF WILL PLAY IN A BOWL GAME OF THIS MAGNITUDE. WHAT IS THIS LIKE FOR YOU IN YOUR PROGRAM? I TELL YOU WHAT, IT'S GREAT, A BCS GAME. YOU CAN'T MAKE THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, THIS IS THE GAME YOU WANT TO BE AT. THIS HAS BEEN A CHARMED SEASON, UCF'S FIRST FIESTA BOWL CAPS THEIR 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. WHAT DOES A GAME LIKE THIS AND ALL THE ATTENTION DO FOR THE UNIVERSITY? IT PUTS US ON THE NATIONAL STAGE. THERE ARE PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY WHO SAY UCF, WHO IS THAT? BAYLOR IS BY FAR THE BEST TEAM UCF WILL PLAY THIS SEASON. THE KNIGHTS ARE GOING TO NEED MORE CLUTCH THROWS, MORE POWERFUL RUNS AND A DEFENSE THAT REFUSES TO BREAK IF THEY HOPE TO BEAT THE BEARS. JUST KNOWING THE GUY NEXT TO YOU IS GOING TO DO HIS JOB AND HIS PHYSICAL ACCOUNTABILITY. FOR THE GUYS IN CENTRAL FLORIDA WHO STAYED HOME TO PLAY FOR UCF, THIS GAME MEANS EVERYTHING. I CAN TELL THE TALENT WAS HERE. THROUGH THE YEARS, WE JUST UNIFIED AND WE FINALLY MADE IT. I THINK IT PUT OUR PROGRAM ON THE MAP AND GIVES US MORE EXPOSURE. IT HELPS THE TEAM. ANY WAY I CAN, LEAD BY EXAMPLE AS ALWAYS AND HELP THE TEAM GET THIS BCS WIN. KNIGHTS FANS, ARE YOU READY? THIS IS A LOCAL 6 SPORTS SPECIAL EVENT TONIGHT, A CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON. I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, THIS PROGRAM IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY VICTORY CRUISE CASINO, VERY EXCITED TO BE WITH YOU TONIGHT, COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF, 90 MINUTES OR SO. I'M SPORTS DIRECTOR DAVID PINGALORE. MATT AUSTIN IS JOINING ME, BEHIND THE UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX STADIUM WITH ALL THE CRAZIES OUT THERE. WE'LL HEAR FROM HIM IN A MINUTE. IT'S BEEN AN UNBELIEVABLE SEASON, 5 COMEBACK WINS FOR THE KNIGHTS TO PUT THEM IN THIS FIESTA BOWL. THERE'S ANOTHER GUY THAT'S CREATED A LOT OF BUZZ AROUND THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE, AMONGST THE SCOUTS, AMONGST THE COACHES OUT THERE IN THE NFL. IT'S THE QUARTERBACK. THE KID FROM OVIEDO, BLAKE BORTLES. MANY BELIEVE THIS IS HIS LAST GAME PLAYING IN A UCF UNIFORM. I HAVE NO CLUE. I HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT IT. I'M REALLY TRYING TO WORRY ABOUT WINNING THIS GAME. EVERY PLAYER HAS THOUGHT ABOUT IT. HOW COULD YOU NOT HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT IT? COME ON. I KNOW, I JUST REALLY HAVEN'T. I JUST FOCUS ON THINGS THAT MEAN NOTHING TO ME BUT TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM AND TRYING TO WIN A BCS GAME AND THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM. WHETHER HE STAYS OR GOES, THIS IS HIS BIGGEST GAME HE'LL EVER PLAY IN COLLEGE. CAN YOU BLAME HIM IF HE DOESN'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT THE NFL JUST YET? BUT THE SCOUTS HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH HIM THIS YEAR, 6-4, 230 POUNDS, WITH A STRONG ARM. THE ABILITY TO MAKE PEOPLE MISS. 22 TOUCHDOWN PASSES IS GOOD, BUT WHAT SETS HIM APART IS HOW HE COMES THROUGH IN THE CLUTCH. THAT'S WHY THIS TEAM HAS BEEN LIKE THE CARDIAC KIDS, I LIKE TO CALL THEM THE CARDIAC KNIGHTS. THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE BEEN CALLED ALL SEASON LONG, 5 COMEBACK WINS TO PUT THEMSELVES IN THIS BCS GAME. MATT AUSTIN IS BEHIND THE UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX STADIUM. I KNOW HE CAN BARELY HEAR ME BECAUSE IT'S CRAZY OUT THERE TAILGATING. GO AHEAD, MATT. ALL RIGHT. YEAH, WE'RE LIVE HERE WITH UCF FANS! WE'RE AT WEST GATE OUTSIDE THE STADIUM. [CROWD CHANTING UCF] THEY'RE GEARED UP, READY TO GO. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF BLAKE BEING TAKEN OFF? BLAKE CAN BE A FIRST ROUNDER, WHETHER HE GOES THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR. WHY NOT COME BACK AND TAKE UCF TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND GO UNDEFEATED NEXT YEAR AND PUT UCF ON THE MAP? I LIKE WHAT YOU'RE THINKING. I DON'T KNOW. IT'S MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. WE HAD A CHANCE TO ACTUALLY SPEAK WITH BLAKE'S FAMILY, OUT TAILGATING. HERE THEY ARE. SO ARE YOU GOING TO BE JUST LIKE BITING YOUR NAILS DURING THE GAME? ARE YOU GOING TO BE NERVOUS? IT'LL BE CRAZY, I'LL BE CRAZY, HIS GIRLFRIEND CAN'T WATCH THIRD DOWNS AS IT IS. WE GET A LITTLE NERVED UP. I DON'T EAT MUCH ON GAME DAY. NO. I HAVE MY DIET COKE AND A LOT OF WATER AND THAT'S ABOUT IT. COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT HAPPENS ON 3RD DOWN? I'M NOT SURE. I CAN'T TELL YOU. I NEVER WATCH THEM. USUALLY MY HEAD IS BETWEEN MY KNEES. I DON'T LIKE ANYTHING OVER A 3RD AND 3. HOW IS HIS MINDSET? DOES HE SEEM GOOD? YEAH, YEAH. I ASKED HIM THE OTHER NIGHT. I ASKED HIM THE OTHER NIGHT. EVERY QUESTION IS ARE YOU GOING TO THE DRAFT? HE JUST WANTS TO GET THE GAME DONE AND HE SEEMS PRETTY FOCUSED. WE RAN INTO COACH O'LEARY THE OTHER NIGHT AND I ASKED HIM THE SAME QUESTION. HE SAID HE'S HANDLING EVERYTHING REALLY GOOD. HE'S FOCUSED. IS HE GOING TO GO PRO? I KNEW THAT WAS COMING. ARE YOU KIDDING? LITERALLY, WHEN YOU READ ALL THE ARTICLES HE SAYS HE'S WAITING UNTIL AFTER THE FIESTA BOWL, WE LAUGH ABOUT IT AT HOME. HE REALLY HAS NOT MADE A DECISION. PEOPLE THINK WE KNOW. IT'S LIKE, COME ON, JUST TELL ME, WE KNOW YOU KNOW, BUT, REALLY, NO ONE KNOWS. ALL RIGHT. SO THE FAMILY IS STILL NOT SURE. THE FANS ARE VERY SURE. THEY WANT BLAKE BORTLES TO HAVE A GREAT GAME TONIGHT AND AN AWESOME SEASON NEXT YEAR. THEY'RE HOPING. ELVIS IS HERE. LET'S SEND IT BACK TO PING. TAKE IT AWAY. I'M TELLING YOU, IT'S SO QUIET ON THIS SIDE OF THE STADIUM. MAN, THEY ARE FIRED UP FOR THIS FIESTA BOWL TONIGHT. BLAKE, THERE ARE NOT MANY WHO HAVE HEARD OF BLAKE BORTLES FOUR YEARS AGO IN 2010. THE QUARTERBACK OF THE FUTURE OF THE PROGRAM WAS TO BE JEFFREY GODFRIED WHO SETTLED IN AT THE WIDE RECEIVER POSITION. AT JAMIE SEH REPORTS, TONIGHT IT'S BEEN A DIFFERENT ROAD TO GET TO THIS POINT FOR GODFRIED. HE KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A FOOTBALL HERO. HE TOOK UCF BY STORM THIS SEASON, DOING WHAT NO KNIGHTS QUARTERBACK EVER DID, LEAD HIS TEAM TO A CONFERENCE TITLE IN A BOWL GAME VICTORY. DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOU AFTER YOU BEAT GEORGIA IN THAT GAME? IT WAS AMAZING. DID SOMETHING PRETTY GOOD FOR THE PROGRAM, THE FIRST BOWL WIN IN THE PROGRAM HISTORY, AND JUST TO HAVE THAT GREAT FEELING AND KNOW YOU'RE A PART OF THAT TEAM. HE ALSO KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO FALL FROM GRACE. EVERYTHING THAT WENT RIGHT AS A FRESHMAN WENT WRONG AS A SOPHOMORE. FOOTBALL BECAME HARD. THERE WERE MORE LOSSES THAN WINS. AS MANY INTERCEPTIONS AS TOUCHDOWNS AND BY THE END OF THE YEAR, BLAKE BORTLES WAS THE QUARTERBACK THE TEAM COUNTED ON, SO GODFRIED QUIT. I THINK I'VE MATURED A LOT. HE SAYS HE STARTED GROWING UP WHEN HE WENT HOME AND REALIZED HOME WAS NOT WHERE HE WANTED TO BE. WHY DID YOU DECIDE UCF IS THE PLACE YOU WANTED TO BE? I JUST WANTED TO FINISH WHAT I STARTED. I DIDN'T WANT TO RUN OUT ON MY TEAMMATES AND QUIT ON MY BROTHERS LIKE THAT. BUT HE HAD TO CONVINCE GEORGE O'LEARY TO TAKE HIM BACK, AND HE AGREED ON ONE CONDITION? WAS IT DIFFICULT? AT FIRST, WHEN COACH O'LEARY SAID I HAD TO RETAIN MY POSITION. AND YET HE'S WORKED HARD TO BECOME AN EFFECTIVE WIDE RECEIVER. IT WAS GODFRIED WHO CAUGHT THE GAME WINNER AGAINST LOUISVILLE. THAT CATCH, PUT UCF ON TRACK PLAYING TONIGHT'S FIESTA BOWL. IT'S SOMETHING YOU DREAM AS A LITTLE KID, MAKING THE WINNING CATCH OR THROWING THE WINNING TOUCHDOWN. THE DREAM JUST CAME TRUE. AS A SENIOR, YOU'RE A LEADER AS ONE OF THE CAPTAINS. WHAT DOES THE CAPTAIN TITLE MEAN TO YOU? THE CAPTAIN TITLE MEANS A LOT, JUST TO BE A CAPTAIN OF THIS TEAM HERE, THIS YEAR, IT'S JUST AMAZING. IT'S SOMETHING YOU REMEMBER FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS IS YOUR LAST GAME? I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. THE SEASON WENT PRETTY FAST. THESE GUYS ARE WONDERFUL GUYS. THEY COME OUT EVERY DAY, WORK HARD. IT'S JUST BEING AROUND THESE GUYS IS SOMETHING SPECIAL. THAT'S JAMIE SEH REPORTING. OF COURSE, JEFFREY GOD -- GODFRIED, HE'S BEEN PART OF THE ORGANIZATION WITH THE UCF FOOTBALL TEAM. HE'S A LITTLE GUY, 5-11, BUT HE'S HOPING ONE DAY AN NFL TEAM GIVES HIM A SHOT AT A TRAINING CAMP AND ACTUALLY MAKING A 53-MAN ROSTER NEXT SEASON. WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED OUT HERE. WE'RE COUNTING DOWN TO KICKOFF. IT'S A CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON HERE ON LOCAL 6. TONIGHT, IT'S THE FIESTA BOWL AGAINST BAYLOR. WE COUNT DOWN FOR YOU THE TOP 5 COMEBACKS OF THE SEASON. THAT'S THE REASON THEY'RE IN THE BCS GAME TO BEGIN WITH. HERE'S NO. 5. JUST TRUSTING THE PLAY. IT WAS A BIG WIN FOR US. IT WAS THE THIRD GAME, THE FIRST BIG GAME ESPECIALLY AWAY. SO WE TRUST EACH OTHER AND THE COACHES AND TRUSTING THE GAME PLAN AND WENT AFTER IT. CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON HERE ON LOCAL 6. I'M SURROUNDED BY FANS, GETTING READY TO GO INSIDE THE FIESTA BOWL AND CHEER ON THEIR TEAM. WE EVEN HAVE ELVIS OUT HERE, STRAIGHT FROM ORLANDO. PRETTY INCREDIBLE STUFF. NOW DR. JOHN HITT, THE PRESIDENT OF UCF, HE'S VERY PROUD OF HIS TEAM. HE'S EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE ATTENTION THEY'RE GETTING. BUT WHEN I SPOKE TO HIM, HE DIDN'T SHY AWAY FROM THE MONEY UCF IS LOSING TALKING ABOUT IT. THEY'RE LOSING ABOUT $2 MILLION AND HE WANTS CHANGES MADE BECAUSE OF THAT. THE POINT THAT I'M GOING TO MAKE TO MY FELLOW PRESIDENTS IN THE AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. BECAUSE WHEN CONNECTICUT WAS OUT HERE, THEY HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I DON'T KNOW MANY PLACES WHO COULD PLAY A GAME A COUPLE THOUSAND MILES FROM HOME AND SELL 17,500 TICKETS. YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE PLAYING IN THE SUGAR BOWL WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. WE WOULD HAVE SOLD THE TICKETS. SAME THING WITH THE ORANGE BOWL. WE HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE REALISTIC COSTS AND ALLOCATE THE MONEY WITH THAT IN MIND. FIESTA BOWL GAVE THE CONFERENCE $17 MILLION. IT'S A CONFERENCE DECISION THAT WE GET WHAT WE GET, WHICH IS LIKE $2.4 MILLION. WHAT DOES A GAME LIKE THIS AND ALL THIS ATTENTION DO FOR THE UNIVERSITY? IT PUTS US ON THE NATIONAL STAGE. THERE ARE PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY WHO WOULD SAY, UCF, WHO IS THAT? WE'RE SO YOUNG. WHEN I GOT TO UCF IN EARLY '92, WE HAD ABOUT 21,200 STUDENTS. WE WERE A GOOD REGIONAL UNIVERSITY. WE'VE EMERGED AS A NATIONAL UNIVERSITY. BUT WE'RE STILL NOT KNOWN NEARLY AS WELL AS WE OUGHT TO BE FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE QUALITY OF OUR PROGRAMS, THE WONDERFUL STUDENTS WE ATTRACT AND THE WONDERFUL FACULTY THAT WE HAVE. SO THIS GIVES US A CHANCE TO BUILD OUR BRAND, THROUGH MUCH MORE EXPOSURE. WHEN YOU GOT HERE, 21,000 STUDENTS, NOW 60,000 STUDENTS. ARE THERE GO AND BAD TO THAT? CAN A UNIVERSITY GET TOO BIG? I SUPPOSE IT COULD. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE. I HOPE WE'LL HAVE THE GOOD SENSE TO NOTICE IF THAT HAPPENS AND TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION. AS YOU GAUGE THE QUALITY OF THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY, ARE YOU LOSING HUMAN SCALE? DO STUDENTS FEEL LIKE THEY'RE JUST NUMBERS? WE DON'T HEAR THAT. THAT'S NOT THE RESPONSE THAT WE GET WHEN WE TALK WITH STUDENTS. I THINK WE'RE STILL OKAY. BUT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AROUND AND TRYING TO GAUGE, YOU KNOW, WHERE IS THAT POINT WHERE YOU BECOME TOO BIG. 10 YEARS AGO ALMOST TO THE DAY, YOU HIRED THIS GUY, GEORGE O'LEARY. AND THE HIRE RAISED EYEBROWS. HE RESIGNED AS COACH AT NOTRE DAME FIVE DAYS AFTER HE WAS HIRED AFTER THE UNIVERSITY LEARNED HE LIED ABOUT ACADEMIC AND OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS. IT WAS AN INTERESTING DECISION. WHAT WAS IT ABOUT HIM THAT YOU SAW? WELL, I MET WITH GEORGE IN MINNEAPOLIS ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER FOLKS FROM UCF. HE QUICKLY ADDRESSED THE PROBLEM. HE OWNED IT. IT WAS HIS MISCONDUCT, IF YOU WILL, THAT LED TO THE PROBLEM. HE UNDERSTOOD THAT WHAT HAD GONE ON WAS NOT THE RIGHT THING. HE GAVE ASSURANCE IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. YOU START TO GET A FEEL FOR THAT. IF SOMEBODY OWNS THEIR MISDEEDS, IF YOU WILL, AND THEY GIVE YOU CREDIBLE STATEMENTS THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY DID, WHY IT WAS WRONG, AND THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT AGAIN, THEN YOU HAVE A CHOICE TO MAKE. DO YOU GIVE THEM THAT SECOND CHANCE? WE ALL BETTER HOPE THERE'S REDEMPTION OUT THERE BECAUSE WE'RE ALL GOING TO MAKE MISTAKES. AND IT WORKED OUT WELL FOR YOU, RIGHT? IT HAS WORKED OUT WONDERFULLY, WHY HE. GEORGE O'LEARY IS LOOKING FOR A WIN AND WANTS HIS TEAM TO WIN AND HE GETS $100,000 BONUS IF HE DOES. NOT SO SHABBY. BACK TO PING. GOOD STUFF THERE, MATT. I'VE KNOWN PRESIDENT HITT FOR A LONG TIME NOW, A WONDERFUL PERSON AND DOES A LOT OF GREAT THINGS FOR UCF AND THE FANS. TWO SCHOOLS, BOTH PLAYING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A BCS BOWL GAME. HOW DO THEY KIND OF COMPARE? WELL, THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE COMPLETELY OPPOSITE FROM ONE ANOTHER. BAYLOR IS A PRIVATE BAPTIST UNIVERSITY FOUNDED IN 1845, JUST OVER 15,000, UNDERGRAD AND GRADUATE STUDENTS. UCF IS A STATE UNIVERSITY, OF COURSE, FOUNDED IN 1963, SO IT'S CELEBRATING ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY WITH MORE THAN 60,000 STUDENTS. UCF IS THE SECOND LARGEST UNIVERSITY IN THE NATION. SO THE BIG QUESTION IS, WHICH SCHOOL IS ACTUALLY A BETTER FOOTBALL SCHOOL? WELL, BOTH SCHOOLS HAD SOME VERY NOTABLE GUYS THAT PLAYED IN THE NEXT LEVEL ON SUNDAY. OF COURSE, ONE OF THE MOST NOTABLE IN THE RECENT GRAD IS THE GUY THAT PLAYS AT WASHINGTON RIGHT NOW WITH THE REDSKINS AND BAYLOR ALUM, ROBERT GRIFFIN, III. GORDON, THE WIDE RECEIVER, AND WILLIAMS WHO IS WITH THE COWBOYS. BRANDON MARSHALL IS A BEAR. BRUCE MILLER, DEFENSIVE END AT UCF, NOW A FULLBACK WITH THE 49ERS AND THE KICKER, MATT PRATER, JUST SET A NFL RECORD, 64 YARDS, MARSHALL TOLD US GEORGE O'LEARY DESERVES THE CREDIT FOR THIS TEAM'S SUCCESS. I REMEMBER THE FIRST DAY HE WAS ON CAMPUS. HE TOTALLY CAME IN AND TRANSFORMED EVERYTHING, FROM THE WORKOUTS TO THE CLASSROOM, STUDY HALL, AND NOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY PAYING OFF IN A BIG WAY. I'M NOT SURPRISED. I KNEW THEY HAD THE TALENT TO DO IT. THEY JUST HAVE TO PLAY CONSISTENT ALL YEAR AND THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB THIS YEAR. IT'S A BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT. I'M PROUD TO BRAG ABOUT THE UCF GOING TO THE FIESTA BOWL THIS YEAR AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL COME OUT AND WIN. VEGAS SAYS UCF HAS NO SHOT TO WIN. THEY'RE THE 17-POINT UNDERDOG IN THE GAME AGAINST BAYLOR. SO THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO THEY OVERCOME THE INCREDIBLE BAYLOR OFFENSE. NO TEAM IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCORES LIKE BAYLOR. NOT ONLY CAN THEY THROW IT, THE BEARS CAN RUN IT. THE NUMBERS JUMP OFF THE SCREEN. BAYLOR'S OFFENSE IS RANKED NO. 1 IN THE NATION AND IT'S NOT CLOSE. 53 POINTS, WELL OVER 600 YARDS A GAME. THERE'S A LOT OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAMS THAT WOULD LOVE TO HAVE UCF'S OFFENSE. CAN YOU SAY "FLORIDA GATORS?" BUT THE KNIGHTS CANNOT GET INTO A SHOOT-OUT WITH BAYLOR. EVERY PLAY TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, TO BE THE BEST IN THE NATION ON THAT PLAY, THE REST WILL LINE ITSELF UP. TRYING TO GET THE DEFENSE OUT OF THEIR STANCE AND OUT OF THEIR POSITION. THEY DO EVERYTHING WELL. THEY'RE BIG, THEY'RE STRONG, THEY'RE FAST AND THEY'RE WELL-COACHED. THERE'S NO WEAKNESSES. THE SPOTLIGHT IS ON BLAKE BORTLES TONIGHT BECAUSE THE BEARS' QUARTERBACK SAID HE WOULD STAY IN COLLEGE THROUGH NEXT SEASON. HE'S AVERAGED NEARLY 18 YARDS PER COMPLETION, TOPS IN THE NATION. BORTLES HAD HAD 22 TOUCHDOWNS, SEVEN PICKS, AND AVERAGED NEARLY 14 YARDS PER CATCH. LIKE MOST GOOD TEAMS, IT STARTS WITH THE QUARTERBACK. THEY'VE GOT A GUY THAT'S JUST IRONIC, I REMEMBER VIVIDLY WATCHING THEIR LOUISVILLE GAME AND PULLING FOR HIM. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT NOW. BUT, YOU KNOW, HE'S A GUY THAT MAKES PLAYS. IT'S OBVIOUS THAT, LIKE MOST GOOD QUARTERBACKS OR GREAT QUARTERBACKS, HE MAKES EVERYBODY AROUND HIM BETTER. BECAUSE OF PETTY AND THE EXPLOSIVE BAYLOR OFFENSE, NO ONE TALKS ABOUT THE BEARS' DEFENSE. MAYBE WE SHOULD BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY GOOD. IN FACT, WHEN YOU COMPARE BAYLOR'S DEFENSE TO UCF, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF DIFFERENCE. BOTH ARE RANKED IN THE TOP 20. BOTH HOLD THEIR OPPONENTS TO LESS THAN THREE TOUCHDOWNS A GAME AND UNDER 350 YARDS IN OFFENSE. ONE THING UCF DOES WELL, WHEN YOU GUYS HAVE LOOKED AT THEM ON FILM, YOU GO, MAN, THAT'S PRETTY GOOD THERE. I CAN'T SAY ONE THING. THEY DO A LOT OF GOOD THINGS WELL. COACH O'LEARY HAS THEM VERY DISCIPLINED. SIDELINE TO SIDELINE, THEY PLAY WITH A LOT OF HEART. YOU CAN SEE IT ON TAPE, AND WHEN YOU CAN SEE IT ON TAPE, THAT'S A GOOD OPPONENT. THEY'VE BEEN PRETTY IMPRESSIVE WITH THE RUN AND THE PASS. THE COACH AND PETTY ARE NOT OVERLOOKING THE UCF TEAM, DESPITE BEING A HUGE FAVORITE. NOW, COMING UP RIGHT HERE, WE'RE LEADING UP TO KICKOFF. OF COURSE, WE'RE HERE UNTIL THE 8:00 HOUR. TWO GUYS FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA THAT DECIDED TO STAY HOME AND THEY'RE GLAD THEY DID. THAT'S THE UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX STADIUM, THE HOME OF THE ARIZONA CARDINALS, BUT TONIGHT'S FIESTA BOWL HOST AND THE STORY OF ONE LOCAL KID WHO KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HANDLE TRAGEDY AND TRIUMPH. BUT FIRST, NO. 4 IN OUR LIST OF THE UCF PLAYS OF THE YEAR, THE GOAL LINE STANCE. I WAS KIND OF ALL OVER THE PLACE. I WAS BEING HARD ON MYSELF. I WAS LIKE, COME ON, YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE THE PLAY. VERY INTENSE. YOU JUST HAD TO KNOW YOUR ASSIGNMENT AND DO YOUR JOB AND KNOW THAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS GOING TO DO THEIRS AT THE SAME TIME. THE ULTIMATE GAME. IT MEANS SO MUCH TO ZONE COVERAGE TONIGHT. WELCOME BACK TO A CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON HERE ON LOCAL 6. WE'RE HERE WITH THE FANS. THEY'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE CELEBRATING THEIR TEAM, BUT THERE IS ONE PLAYER ON UCF WHO IS HERE TO HONOR HIS FATHER AND HIS SISTER. AND THE REASON IS THEY'RE NOT HERE TODAY. SHAUN MAG NEVER PLANNED TO PLAY FOR UCF. AFTER GRADUATING FROM CYPRESS CREEK HIGH, HE WAS OFF TO PREP SCHOOL AND THEN WESTPOINT. MY FATHER PASSED AWAY SO I MOVED BACK HOME TO HELP MY MOM OUT. IT WAS A BIG DECISION, YOU KNOW, LEAVING WESTPOINT, BUT MY MOM AGREED WITH ME AND O'LEARY GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME TO COME OUT AND PLAY FOR THE BCS. HE MADE THE MOST OF IT, FIRST AS A SPECIAL TEAMS STAR TO EARN A BERTH IN THE DEPOT BRADY BOWL LAST YEAR. BUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME, MORE TRAGEDY. WE'RE GETTING IN THIS VIDEO THAT ENDED IN A DEADLY CRASH WITH A CAR CRASHING IN THE HOUSE. THE WOMAN WHO DIED IN THIS ACCIDENT WAS SHAUN MAG'S SISTER, MANDY. HE LEFT THE TEAM AND WENT TO THE SCENE. AFTER SEEING WHAT HE SAW, SHAUN'S MOM TOLD HIM TO GO BACK TO ST. PETERSBURG TO PLAY. HAS THIS TEAM GOTTEN YOU THROUGH ALL THIS? DEFINITELY. THE WHOLE SUPPORT SYSTEM AT UCF IS REALLY GREAT. YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO BE HERE FOR YOUR MOM IN THIS SITUATION AS WELL, RIGHT? YEAH. I'VE BEEN THERE FOR HER AND SHE'S BEEN THERE FOR ME. THIS SEASON, HE FORCED HIS WAY INTO THE STARTING LINE-UP AS A DEFENSIVE BACK. HE'S TIED FOR THE LEAD IN INTERCEPTIONS AND THIRD IN TACKLES. IT'S REALLY BEEN KIND OF A GRIND. YOU NEVER WANT TO GIVE UP, JUST KEEP PUSHING. MOST OF THESE GUYS DON'T KNOW THE KIND OF LOSS YOU'VE SEEN. WHAT DOES THAT DO TO YOU? I GUESS IT GIVES MORE DRIVE, MORE PUSH TO BE SUCCESSFUL, TO MAKE MY SISTER AND FATHER PROUD OF ME. I THINK THEY ARE, MY MAN. WELL DONE. I HOPE SO. NOW, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO ROOT FOR A GUY LIKE THAT. IT IS VERY POSSIBLE TO NOT ROOT FOR A GUY LIKE THIS. LOOK FOR NUMBER 31 ON THE FIELD. THAT IS SHAUN MAG. CHECK HIM OUT. THERE IS A LOT MORE TO COME. PING WILL BE BACK IN A FEW MINUTES. BUT RIGHT NOW, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME SOUNDS HERE. IT MEANS EVERYTHING. WE'VE BEEN THROUGH IT ALL. I THINK OUR TEAM IS ONE AND WE LOVE IT. I FEEL LIKE WE DESERVE THE EXPOSURE. WE'VE COME A LONG WAY AND WORKED VERY HARD AND WE APPRECIATE THE GUYS WHO CAME BEFORE US. WE KNOW EVERYTHING THEY DID. WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP IT GOING AND KEEP THE TRADITION ALIVE. IN MY FOUR YEARS, WE'VE DONE TREMENDOUS THINGS. WE HAVE THE MOST WINS. WE'VE TAKEN THE SCHOOL TO THE FIRST BCS GAME. IT MEANS SO MUCH TO BE A PART OF THAT. I FEEL LIKE EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT YOUR BROTHER NEXT TO THEM IS GOING TO DO THEIR JOB BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO YOUR JOB. YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST ALL WE'RE DOING IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY. AND I FEEL LIKE AS EVERYBODY DOES THAT TOGETHER, WE CAN'T BE DEFEATED. COMING UP, THINGS ARE GETTING CRAZY OUT HERE, PING IS GOING ONE-ON-ONE WITH BLAKE BORTLES AFTER THE BREAK. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. YOU KNOW, HONESTLY, I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY IDEA I'D ACTUALLY GET THE CHANCE TO ACTUALLY MAKE AN IMPACT AT THAT TIME OF THE GAME. THE COACH IS TELLING US WE HAVE TO GET THE BALL BACK SOME WAY, SOME HOW, SOMEBODY ON THIS UNIT HAS TO MAKE A PLAY AND WE'VE GOT TO WIN THE GAME. HE LOST THE FOOTBALL AND IT'S BROUGHT BACK IN. WILL IT BE -- YES, TOUCHDOWN, CENTRAL FLORIDA. I JUST WANT TO RUN DOWN THERE AS FAST AS I CAN AND LOWER THE BOOM ON SOMEBODY, WHOEVER HAS THE BALL. IF I GET THE WIN, I GET THE WIN, NO MATTER IF IT'S UGLY OR BEAUTIFUL, NO MATTER HOW IT LOOKS, AS LONG AS WE GET THE WIN, THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS. UNBELIEVABLE IMPACT. TRYING TO MAKE A PLAY AND NEVER SEES THE OTHER FRESHMAN RUNNINGBACK. HE COMES DOWN AND LAYS AN INCREDIBLE HIT. THAT FRESHMAN JUST USED SPECIAL TEAMS TO MAKE A BIG TIME PLAY. WOW! THERE ARE TEAMS IN THE NFL THAT CONSIDER HIM THE BEST QUARTERBACK IN THIS DRAFT. WHAT A DIFFERENCE 12 GAMES CAN MAKE. NO ONE THOUGHT BLAKE BORTLES WAS A NO. 1 DRAFT PICK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON AND NOW ANALYSTS CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT HIM. BLAKE BORTLES REMINDS ME A LOT OF A YOUNG BRETT FAVRE. HE'S VERY MOBILE, VERY ATHLETIC, HAS A CANNON FOR AN ARM. HE HAS ALL THE TOOLS TO BE AN OUTSTANDING QUARTERBACK. AND HE'S A WINNER. ALL THE COMEBACKS THIS SEASON STARTED WITH BORTLES IN THE HUDDLE. TELLING HIS TEAMMATES THEY CAN DO ANYTHING. LET'S GET THIS YARD, LET'S GO GET THERE WIN. JOEY GRANT IS NOT ONLY BORTLES' CENTER, HE'S BORTLES' ROOMMATE. HE'S AMAZED HOW BORTLES REFUSES TO PAY ATTENTION TO ALL THE NFL TALK. HE KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND. HE'S NOT DUMB. HE HAS A PHONE. HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB BLOCKING IT ALL OUT AND STAYING FOCUSED, TAKING IT ONE DAY AT A TIME. HIS WIDE RECEIVERS BELIEVE HE'S GOING TO BE A GREAT PRO. HE'S A GOOD QUARTERBACK, HE'S CALM AND HAS A LOT OF CONFIDENCE AND WANTS TO GO OUT THERE EVERY DAY AND GET BETTER. TIGHT SITUATION, BUT HE'S IN THERE KEEPING CONTROL AND DOESN'T LET ANYONE LOSE THEIR EXPOSURE. HE'S CALLING THE PLAYS AND WE'RE THERE THERE DOING WHAT WE NEED TO DO. BLAKE IS A GREAT ROLE MODEL. ANY MISTAKES WE COME UP WITH, BLAKE ADDRESSES IT. WE LOOK UP TO HIS LEADERSHIP AND HAVING HIM AS A QUARTERBACK AND THE CAPTAIN OF THE TEAM. IT'S A GREAT TEAM. YOU WANT TO HAVE A GOOD FOOTBALL PROGRAM? YOU HAVE TO HAVE A VERY GOOD QUARTERBACK AND BLAKE BORTLES IS JUST THAT. EARLIER THIS WEEK I CAUGHT UP WITH HIM, NOT ONLY TALKING ABOUT HIS FUTURE IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE, I ALSO TALKED ABOUT MOST IMPORTANTLY TO HIM RIGHT NOW IS THE GAME INSIDE THIS STADIUM IN JUST ABOUT AN HOUR. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS, ANXIOUS, GOT A LOT OF ANXIETY? YEAH. WE'VE HAD HAD A GREAT TIME SINCE WE'VE BEEN HERE. IT'S A BUSINESS TRIP FOR US, LIKE ANY OTHER GAME WEEK IS. IT'S KIND OF HOW WE'RE SHAKING IT. WE ARE GETTING ANXIOUS, GETTING READY TO GO PLAY. ON A NATIONAL STAGE NOW, THE FIESTA BOWL, BEING A LOCAL GUY, WHAT IS THAT LIKE FOR YOU? IT'S HUGE. I THINK JUST BEING ABLE TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF OVIEDO, MY HOMETOWN AND THE CITY OF ORLANDO, WE'RE VERY PROUD TO REPRESENT UCF IN THE PROGRAM AND THE UNIVERSITY HERE IN ARIZONA AND TRYING TO MAKE THEM PROUD AND HAVE A SUCCESSFUL END TO OUR SEASON. HOW HAS THE OFFENSE HANDLED ALL THIS PRESSURE LATE IN THE GAMES? IT'S JUST A CHARACTERISTIC OUR OFFENSE HAS, A TRAIT TO EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS THAT MAKES UP OUR PERSONALITY, I WOULD SAY, THE RESILIENCY AND THE DEMEANOR EVERYONE HAS TO PUT THIS ALL TOGETHER. WHAT ABOUT YOUR RECEIVERS? WHAT HAVE THEY DONE FOR YOU AS A QUARTERBACK? THEY'VE BEEN PHENOMENAL ALL YEAR. THE PLAYS THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE IN PRESSURE SITUATIONS IN CRUNCH TIME, DOING A GREAT JOB OF EVERY ASPECT OF THE GAME, THEY'RE BIG, STRONG, PHYSICAL, FAST, THEY CAN BLOCK AND CATCH AND RUN. THEY MAKE ME LOOK A LOT BETTER. WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO TO BEAT BAYLOR? IS WE HAVE TO DO MULTIPLE THINGS. WE HAVE TO BE SHARP AND EXECUTE OUR GAME PLAN AND BE FOCUSED AND DISCIPLINED. YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. AND THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE PLAYED OUR GOOD GAMES THIS YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE EVEN BETTER THIS WEEK TO BEAT THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE A GREAT DEFENSE AND A GREAT OPPONENT. IN A GAME LIKE THIS, DO YOU WANT THE BALL FIRST? YEAH, I THINK SO. WE ALWAYS WANT THE BALL FIRST. WE WANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO SCORE FIRST AND, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY COACH O'LEARY GIVES US THAT OPPORTUNITY THIS WEEK AND WE WIN THE COIN TOSS AND WE GET THE PICK. IT DOESN'T MATTER TO US. WE'LL TAKE THE BALL WHEN WE CAN GET IT. HAS THE NFL TALK BEEN A DISTRACTION FOR YOU? WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE FOR YOU? I'VE BEEN ABLE TO IGNORE THE OUTSIDE VOICES AND FOCUS ON THIS TEAM AND, YOU KNOW, OUR GOLD AND OUR MISSION HERE IN ARIZONA. YOU'RE LIVING THE DREAM NOW, THE FIESTA BOWL. YEAH, IT'S DEFINITELY A DREAM COME TRUE, TO PLAY IN THE BCS BOWL AND HAVE THIS MUCH, YOU KNOW, NATIONAL EXPOSURE. IT'S BEEN A SPECIAL JOURNEY. ALL RIGHT. ESPN SAYS BORTLES COMES OUT, HE'LL BE NUMBER 27 ON THE BIG BOARD. YOU'RE LOOKING AT PICTURES LEADING UP TO KICKOFF AGAINST BAYLOR. HE COULD BE THE FOURTH BEST QUARTERBACK AVAILABLE. ESPN'S TODD McSAY SAYS BORTLES COULD GO AS HIGH AS NO. 2 IN THE DRAFT. THAT'S HARD TO PASS THAT KIND OF OPPORTUNITY UP. BORTLES HAS TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO BY JANUARY 15TH. I SPOKE TO HIS FATHER A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO, AND HE SAYS WE'RE ALL ABOUT BAYLOR TONIGHT. YOU CAN BET BORTLES WILL BE ASKING HIS GIRLFRIEND WHAT TO DO BEFORE MAKING HIS BIG DECISION. THIS IS LINDSEY DUKE, BORTLES' GIRLFRIEND AND MODEL. SHE'S BEEN THE TALK OF THE TOWN ALL WEEK LONG. THAT'S NOT ALL. AN INTERNET SEARCH REVEALS SHE HAS MORE THAN 9 MILLION RESULTS ON GOOGLE. THE NFL PROSPECT BORTLES LESS THAN 250,000. SO HE HAS A LOT OF CATCHING UP TO DO. WE'RE LEADING YOU UP TO KICKOFF. IT'S A UCF CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON, A SPECIAL HERE ON LOCAL 6. IT'S REALLY EXPENSIVE TO COME OUT HERE TO PHOENIX. WE FOUND A GROUP OF GUYS WHO SAID WE'RE GOING TO SAVE SOME MONEY AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THE DRIVE OUT. WE'LL TALK TO THEM AND THE TWINS OF THE NIGHT. WE'LL HAVE THAT FOR YOU, WHEN WE CONTINUE TO COUNT DOWN THE TOP 5 PLAYS OF THIS SEASON, ALL COMEBACK PLAYS, OF COURSE. HERE'S NO. 2. IT'S SOMETHING YOU DREAM AS A LITTLE KID, MAKING THE WINNING CATCH OR THROWING THE WINNING TOUCHDOWN. THE DREAM CAME TRUE. I DID A GOOD JOB FIGHTING THROUGH AND GETTING THROUGH DEFENDERS AND BLAKE DID A GOOD JOB SENDING IT TO THE BACK OF THE END ZONE. WHEN THE BALL CAME THROUGH, IT WAS LIKE, YES, I MADE MY DREAM COME TRUE. ON HIS THIRD DRIVE, IN JEOPARDY ONCE AGAIN. ON THE THIRD DRIVE FOR BLAKE BORTLES AND THE UCF KNIGHTS WELCOME BACK. AS WE LEAD YOU UP TO THE KICKOFF OF THE FIESTA BOWL, BAYLOR AND UCF, I'M SPORTS DIRECTOR DAVID PINGALORE AND THIS IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY VICTORY CRUISE LINE. IT'S EXPENSIVE TO COME OUT HERE AND BE IN THE DESERT. KICKOFF IS AT 8:30. SHELI MUNIZ CAUGHT UP WITH THREE DIE HARDS WHO SAID, HECK, TO THE AIRLINES AND WE'RE DRIVING. WE GET TO MAKE THIS ONCE IN A LIFETIME TRIP. IT'S A LENGTHY ONE. THREE DAYS' LONG. ZACH, RICK AND DAVID ARE UCF ALUMS AND THEY'VE BEEN MARCHING KNIGHTS, OLD ROOMMATES AND ONE ANOTHER'S GROOMSMEN. WE WERE BAND MEMBERS FOR A REASON. WE PLAYED INSTRUMENTS FOR A REASON. NOW TAKING ON AN ADVENTURE, SITTING IN THE CAR DRIVING MORE THAN 2100 MILES EACH WAY. THEY CALL IT UC FIESTA TRIPPING. WE CAUGHT UP WITH THEM IN ORLANDO BEFORE THEY TOOK OFF. THEY RENTED A CAR, COLLECTED DONATIONS AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY GOTTEN PERMISSION FROM THEIR WIVES. ALL OF OUR SIGNIFICANT OTHERS OKAYED THIS. I HAD THIS TRIP GIFTED TO ME FROM MY MOM. MY MOM GAVE ME MONEY TO GO ON THE TRIP AND THE WHOLE THING STARTED WITH THAT. SHE CHECKED WITH MY WIFE BEFOREHAND. AND, LIKE THEIR WIVES, MANY UCF PLANS COULDN'T MAKE THE TRIP. PLANE TICKETS WERE NEARLY $600. SO THESE GUYS DOCUMENTED THEIR TIME ON THE ROAD ESSENTIALLY TAKING YOU WITH THEM. JUST LEAVING TEXAS RIGHT NOW. THROUGH ALABAMA, MAKING STOPS IN LOUISIANA AND TEXAS, PASSING NEW MEXICO, LIVE TWEETING IT ALL AND EVEN A G.P.S. TRACKER. AND THAT G.P.S. TRACKER ON THEIR WEBSITE NOW SAYS PHOENIX BECAUSE AFTER 30 HOURS ON THE ROAD AND SEVEN STATES, THEY'RE HERE, AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX STADIUM, ABOUT TO WATCH THEIR ALMA MATER IN THE BIGGEST GAME YET. SO I SEE YOU GUYS ARE STILL HUGGING EACH OTHER AFTER SEVERAL HOURS, DAYS IN THE CAR. YES, THREE DAYS IN THE CAR. IT WAS A GOOD TRIP ACTUALLY. THERE WAS NO PROBLEMS. WE ROCKED IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH. IT WAS ACTUALLY -- IT'S MUCH EASIER. THE MOST MEMORABLE PART OF THE TRIP? COMING AROUND I-10 AND SEEING THAT. STOPPING AT ALL THE BARBECUE JOINTS ALONG THE WAY. GOT TO GO WITH FOOD. PERHAPS THE MOST MEMORABLE PART OF THE TRIP WILL BE RELIVING THEIR COLLEGE YEARS, SEEING THEIR OLD MARCHING KNIGHTS AND WATCHING THEIR NOW NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED TEAM. ALL RIGHT. I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, NO WAY I WOULD MAKE THAT TRIP ACROSS I-10 OUT TO THE DESERT. BUT THEY DID. KUDOS TO THEM. OF COURSE, IT'S A LONG WAY. 2010, THE RECRUITING CLASS FOR COACH O'LEARY, BY FAR HIS BEST EVER. THAT'S THE REASON WHY THEY'RE IN A BCS BOWL GAME. WE TALK ABOUT BLAKE BORTLES, IT STARTS WITH THE QUARTERBACK. BUT IT ALSO STARTS UP FRONT WITH JAMIE SEH TALKING TO A COUPLE OF GUYS WHO KNOW EACH OTHER ALL TOO WELL. THE TWINS. YOU'RE JUSTIN? JORDAN. YOU'RE JORDAN AND YOU'RE JUSTIN? RIGHT. OKAY. CAN YOU BLAME ME FOR NOT BEING SURE? I SEE THE GUYS WITH THEIR NUMBERS ON. THAT'S HOW I TELL THEM APART. DO YOU GUYS HANG OUT CONSTANTLY? YEAH. DO YOU EVER GET SICK OF EACH OTHER? THIS IS WHAT WE'RE USED TO. THEY BOTH STAND 6-3 AND WEIGH 310 POUNDS, BOTH PLAY GUARD. WHICH ONE OF YOU GUYS CAME FIRST? I DID. HOW MANY MINUTES? TWO MINUTES. BOTH ARE COMMUNICATIONS MAJORS WITH BUSINESS MINORS. WE TAKE ALL THE SAME CLASSES. WE GET ALL THE SAME GRADES. I THINK OUR GPA'S ARE .05 APART. WHAT ARE YOUR PROFESSORS LIKE YOU IN THE CLASS? THEY CAN'T TELL US APART. THE COACHES AND TEAMMATES, THEY'RE LIKE ME, THEY'RE GLAD THEY WEAR NUMBERS. IF YOU CAN'T TELL US APART, WE'LL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. YOU GUYS ARE BEST FRIENDS? UH-HUH. NO QUESTION ABOUT IT? UH-HUH. ALWAYS BEEN BEST FRIENDS? UH-HUH. HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT EACH OTHER? PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING. WHAT IS JORDAN'S FAVORITE SINGER? I'M NOT SURE ABOUT SINGER, BUT JA RULE. WHAT IS ABOUT HIM? WHOEVER HE LIKES AT THE TIME IS WHAT HE LIKES. HOW ARE YOU DIFFERENT? JORDAN IS A LITTLE MORE OUTGOING, ALWAYS MAKING JOKES OF SOMETHING. I'M MORE RESERVED. I CAN'T THINK OF MUCH OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. HAVE YOU EVER LIKED THE SAME GIRL? NO. NOT REALLY. WAS THERE ANY KIND OF SIBLING RIVALRY? OH, YEAH, WE ALWAYS WANT -- I ALWAYS WANT TO BE BETTER THAN HIM AND HE BETTER THAN ME. WHY IS JORDAN A VERY GOOD FOOTBALL PLAYER? HE'S AGGRESSIVE. HE COMES AFTER THE BALL REALLY HARD. HE'S A STUDENT OF THE FILM. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE JUSTIN AS A FOOTBALL PLAYER? AGGRESSIVE, ALWAYS WATCHES THE FILM. CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS IS YOUR FINAL GAME COMING UP? IT'S BEEN A FAST FOUR YEARS. I WOULDN'T TRADE ANYTHING. IT'S BEEN A FUN RIDE. BEING ABLE TO PLAY ON ONE OF THE BIGGEST STAGES UCF HAS PLAYED ON, IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING. THOSE TWO GUYS ARE GOING TO BE TOUGH TO REPLACE NEXT YEAR. THAT'S JAMIE SEH REPORTING. THEY WERE OBVIOUSLY ON THE FIELD FOR WHAT WE ARE CALLING -- AND I THINK EVERYONE IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL -- THE CATCH OF THE YEAR, INVOLVING J.J. WARDEN AND THAT TEMPLE GAME. HERE COMES PRESSURE. BORTLES SEES IT COMING. LOOKING FOR WARDEN IN THE END ZONE. THERE'S NOT MUCH TO THINK ABOUT. I JUST WANTED TO GET TO THE BALL. IT DIDN'T HIT ME UNTIL I SAW IT ON ESPN. ON THE RECEIVER, YOU FEEL LIKE YOU CAN CATCH ANYTHING, ANYTHING THAT GOES UP, YOU CAN PULL IT IN? IT WAS A CATCHING DREAM OF MINE, DIVING INTO THE POOL AND CATCHING IT WITH ONE HAND BEFORE HITTING THE WATER. ALL RIGHT. 30 MINUTES TO KICKOFF. I KNOW HIM, I KNOW HIM WELL, COACH O'LEARY, HE'S READY. ALL RIGHT. COACH, WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR YOU AND YOUR PROGRAM, THE FIESTA BOWL? IT'S GREAT. IF YOU CAN'T MAKE THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, THIS IS THE GAME YOU WANT TO BE AT. THE TOSTITO'S PEOPLE, THE FIESTA BOWL PEOPLE HAVE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF WELCOMING US HERE AND THEY'VE BEEN GREAT HOSTS AND WE'VE BEEN GREAT GUESTS AND THE PLAYERS HAVE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THEMSELVES THEY UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU GET TO THE PRACTICE FIELD, THEY'VE GOT TO WORK AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE DONE AND THEY'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE GAME. I THINK THEY CAN'T WAIT TO COMPETE AGAINST THIS EXPLOSIVE BAYLOR UNIT. WHAT DO YOU GUYS HAVE TO DO TO BE REALLY SUCCESSFUL TO BEAT THIS BAYLOR TEAM? WE GOT TO TACKLE AND SPACE. WE GOT TO TACKLE WELL AND SUSTAIN BLOCKS I THINK ON OFFENSE AND WE'VE GOT TO GET SOME HITTING YARDS OUT OF PLAYS. BUT THE BIG THING IS YOU CAN'T BE OUT THERE ALL DAY ON DEFENSE. YOU'VE GOT TO TRAIN OUT AS MUCH AS YOU CAN AND IF YOU CAN BUT WE'VE GOT TO TACKLE AND SPACE AND YOU CAN'T BE GIVING UP THE EXTRA THREE OR FOUR YARDS ON ALL THESE PLAYS THAT THEY'VE BEEN GETTING AGAINST EVERYBODY. YOU'VE DONE ONE HECK OF A JOB WITH THIS PROGRAM. 10 YEARS TO THE DAY ALMOST AFTER THE SEASON ENDED. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO YOU, THE ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT YOU BROUGHT TO THIS PROGRAM AND THE KIDS THAT YOU BROUGHT THROUGH THIS PROGRAM? WELL, I'M THE HAPPIEST FOR ALL THE KIDS CALLING IN NOW THAT GRADUATED ALREADY AND THEY'RE SO PROUD OF WHAT'S GOING ON. THEY KNOW THEY'RE PART OF IT. THEY'VE DONE A LOT TO HELP US GET WHERE WE'VE BEEN. I LAUGH BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE GOT 11 WINS THIS YEAR BUT THREE OF THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WE HAD 10 WINS AND NOBODY KNEW ABOUT IT. IT'S SORT OF A LITTLE BIT HIDDEN. THIS SENIOR CLASS IS 41 WINS IN FOUR OR FIVE YEARS. THAT'S A LOT OF WINS. I'M VERY PROUD OF THEM. BUT, YOU KNOW, MORE PROUD OF THE CULTURE WE'VE DEVELOPED HERE THAT WAS NOT JUST WINNING FOOTBALL GAMES. WE'RE GRADUATING OUR ATHLETES, KEEPING THEM OUT OF THE FRONT PAGE OF THE PAPER. AGAIN, IT TAKES TIME AND WORK TO GET THAT DONE. IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT GET INVOLVED IN THAT, THE ASSISTANT COACHES, THE SUPPORT STAFF. I'M PROBABLY THE MOST PROUD OF THE ONES THAT ARE GONE ON AND GRADUATED AND COME BACK AND SAY, COACH, I KNOW WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT NOW. THAT MAKES YOU PROUD, THOUGH. IT'S LIKE THE KID IN SCHOOL THAT HAS A TEACHER AND COMES BACK 20 YEARS IN A WAY COMING BACK TO YOU AS A COACH AND SAYING THAT. THERE'S NO QUESTION. I STILL HAVE KIDS COMING BACK AND WHEN I'M RECRUITING THEIR KIDS RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW YOU'RE GETTING OLD IN THE PROGRAM, BUT I'M PROUD OF THE FACT THEY WALK IN AND THEY'RE 15 MINUTES EARLY FOR WORK ALL THE TIME, STUFF THEY'VE TAKEN FROM THE PROGRAM WHICH HAS REALLY AIDED THEM IN BEING SUCCESSFUL ONCE THEY GRADUATED. WHAT ABOUT YOUR OFFENSE LATE IN THE GAMES, THE PRESSURE THEY'VE BEEN UNDER. THEY'RE JUST KIDS COMING THROUGH LIKE THAT. IT'S BEEN UNBELIEVABLE, HASN'T IT? I THINK SOMETIMES THE YOUNGEST OF THE TEAMS HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT. THEY DON'T KNOW ANY BETTER. THEY HAVE TO KEEP PLAYING HARD BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE THE SEVEN SENIORS THAT WERE BASICALLY ON THE SQUAD. SO WE'RE A YOUNG SQUAD AND I THINK THE SENIORS DID A GREAT JOB WITH THE YOUNG PLAYERS. YOU KNOW, JUST KEEPING THEM IN LINE, MAKING SURE THEY KNEW THE RIGHT THINGS TO DO, NOT JUST ON THE FIELD BUT OFF THE FIELD. AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT I'M MOST PROUD OF, JUST THE CHARACTER AND THEIR CULTURE THAT'S BEEN DEVELOPED IN THE PROGRAM EACH AND EVERY YEAR. IT JUST CARRIES ON. THAT'S WHAT THE TOUGH THING IS. IT'S HARD TO GET TO BCS GAMES. IT'S HARD TO STAY THERE. THAT'S THE KEY OF THE PROGRAM RIGHT THERE, SUSTAINING AND CONTINUING TO MOVE ON. QUARTERBACK POSITION, BLAKE BORTLES, ONE HECK OF A YOUNG MAN, GREAT FOOTBALL PLAYER. GOING INTO THE FUTURE, WHAT DO YOU TELL HIM? THERE'S THE DISTRACTION ABOUT ALL THE NFL TALK, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO KIND OF KEEP THAT IN CHECK, DON'T YOU? I THINK HE'S HANDLED IT EXTREMELY WELL. HE KEPT HIS FOCUS WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. I'LL SIT DOWN WITH HIM AND HIS FAMILY WHEN WE GET BACK ON CAMPUS AND GIVE THEM THE POSITIVES AND THE NEGATIVES OF BOTH AND ALSO TRY TO GIVE HIM AS MUCH INFORMATION THAT HE CAN CONSUME AND THEN MAKE A DECISION. WHATEVER DECISION HE MAKES, I'LL BE VERY HAPPY FOR HIM AND, AGAIN, IF HE'S READY TO PLAY AT THAT LEVEL, THEN HE NEEDS TO REALLY LOOK AT IT SERIOUSLY. BUT, AGAIN, BLAKE LIKES COLLEGE FOOTBALL AND STUFF, AND I'M SURE IT WILL BE A FINE DISCUSSION WHEN WE SIT DOWN WITH HIS FOLKS AND SEE EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE THINKING. WE'LL SEE WHAT BLAKE BORTLES DOES TONIGHT WITH THE UCF FOOTBALL TEAM, KICKING OFF AT 8:30 AGAINST BAYLOR. WITH EVERYBODY AFFILIATED WITH THIS AND AFFILIATED WITH WKMG, I'M DAVID PINGALORE, SPORTS DIRECTOR SAYING THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. AFTER THAT, TUNE IN TO LOCAL 6 AND WE'LL HAVE A POST-GAME FOR YOU.

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